Tooth-brush holder.



C. H. DE GOWIN.

,TOOTH BRUSH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 11115.27, 1909.

942,958. Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

anoentoz,

CHARLES H. DE GOWIN, OF QHEBOYGAN, EICHIGAN.

TOTH-BRUSH HOLDER.

To all it may concern: Y

Beit known that I, CHAnLEs H. DE Gowns, a c1t1zen of the United States,.residing at Chebcyfran, in the county of Cheboygan and State cinMichigan, have invented a new and useful Tooth-Brush Holder, of whichthe follcwingis a specification.

This invention relates generally to tooth ,brush cases, and particularlyto` one of the "class designed to be carried 1n the pocket of the user.

The object of the'invention yis to provide an article of this character,adapted more particularly for use by traveling men, thatshall be neat inappearance,l light in weight, compact in struct-ure, and thoroughlylsanitary in character, and in which the case shall -.be internallybraced in such manner as efetively to resist pressure that would other-Wise tend to distort or crush it, and thus destroy the receptaclesprovided yto contain the tooth brush and dentlfrice.

Such an article is illustrated in the accompanying 'drawings and theinvention consists in certain novel features of the same `which 'Will behereinafter fully de-' scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters o reference indicate corresponding ticallongitudinal y,section throu h a tooth Abrush case constructed in accorance with ,the present invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sect1onal viewtaken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and.A 'looking in the direction ofthearrow thereon.

The receptacle comprises a bottom memshoulder against which the formervvill abut.

ber 1, a top member 2, and a cover 3,-all of these parts being seamlessstructures constructed from aluminum, and elliptical in cross sectionlin order to occupy the smallest possible space in the pocket 'of theuse r.

The bottom member 1 is provided with an outwardly dished end wall 4. inorder to Vpresent a rounded surface tothe pocket,

thus'to prevent undue Wear, and the same is true of the end Wall 5 ofthe cover.

Permanently secured within the bottom 'membenat any. appropriate pointin its length, is a dished partition 6 having a marginal dan e, 7 thatlits snugly against the inner wal s of the bottom and is held as-rsembled therewith in any preferred manner, as by rivets 8 as shown, and1s pro v1ded .vvitlh two orifices 9 and 10 through which proJectSpeciication of Letters Patent. Application filed February e?, 1969.Serial No. 489,41312.

arts: Figure 1 is a vlew i ver-4 i the inner ends of the toothbrush-antidemspectively. 'Y

Telescoped within the outer end of the bottom member is the top member2, the two parts being held permanently assembled in any preferredmanner as by rivets 13. The end Wall 14 of the top member is dished outirice holding receptacles, 11 and 12 resubstantially the same lines asthe partition,

andthe swell of eachis inthe direction of the end Wall of the coverthis, arrangement materially reinforcing the parts against pressuredirected laterally thereupon. The

Vend Wallx 14 is provided with twooriiices,` t

similar to those in the partition, and through which project the outerends of the receptat cles 11 and 12. 0f these, Athe former is designedto receive a tooth brush, and is preferabiy provided with a dared mouth15, and

the .latter to contain a liquid dentifrice, its

mouth being closed by a cap 16 of rubber, thro gh whlch projeetsone'endof a stopper or p ug 17, the other end of which is connected Withtheneck of. the 4rece tacle 12 by a cord 18. The orifice norma ly closed bythe plug 17 is provided for e purpose of vsupplying the dentifrice tothe brush Without Waste, and the plug', as will be obvious, preventsleakage should .the case be laid in a horizontal position.

As Will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, the bottom member and cover areof the same size cross section, While the top member is enough smallerthan either to telescope within the bottom member and thereby provide aneffective sleeve -to `iti Within and hold thecover assembled with thebottom meni-A ber, the outer edgeof the latter forming a It will be seenfrom the 'fore 0in de- 'scription-that by the provision of t o dishedpartition and end Wall 14.-,'the' case will et fectively Ybe bracedad'acent to each end a'gainst'yielding to ordinary external'pfres- '.f

sure, and similarly braced intermediate o'' its ends by the .doublethickness of the metal at the part where the to member and covertelescope so .that even 1f the metal 'of the case be thin, it will becapable of retaining Lai;

its ihital sha-pe even when subjected to such `pressure as wouldordinarily distort or crush ,it suiiiciently to cause breakage Aof theIreceptacles 11 and 12.

The article hereindescribe, while simple n@ in character, will be foundthoroughly edicient `for the purpose designed, as will en- Patentennee.. are.

able the user to retain a tooth brush in e clean and thus thoroughlysanitary vcondition, and further will in a large measure -prevent lossof brushes.

l/Vhetl is claimed is:

1. A toothbrush holder comprising a case having fixed end Walls, one ofsaid walls having orifices therethrough, t partition Within the casehaving orifices re istering with the orifices in said end Wal and acover fitting over sii-id oriieed endwall of the case.

2. A tooth brush case comprising n bottom member, :1n outward (lishedorfced 'CHARLES H. DE eoWIN.

Witnesses: Tinos. L. ZlMolzs'lIN,

l". L. Dn (owlN.

